Texas bans gay divorce
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Following in the slipstream of gay marriage, this day had to come, gay divorce. So, brothers and sisters, if you want to untie the knot, you can’t do it in Texas.
The 5th Texas Court of Appeals ruled that a Dallas district court judge didn’t have the authority to hear a divorce case involving two Dallas men who married in Massachusetts in 2006. Republican state Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office had appealed after Judge Tena Callahan, a Democrat, said she did have jurisdiction and dismissed the state’s attempt to intervene.
Callahan also had ruled Texas couldn’t limit marriage to a man and a woman, but the appeals court said the state’s same-sex marriage ban was constitutional.
“A person does not and cannot seek a divorce without simultaneously asserting the existence and validity of a lawful marriage,” Justice Kerry P. Fitzgerald wrote on behalf of three Republican appeals court justices. “Texas law, as embodied in our constitution and statutes, requires that a valid marriage must be a union of one man and one woman, and only when a union comprises one man and one woman can there be a divorce under Texas law.”
“Today’s court of appeals decision overruled the district court’s improper ruling, confirmed the constitutionality of Texas’ traditional definition of marriage and correctly found that Texas courts lack the legal authority to grant divorces to same-sex couples,” said Abbott spokesman Jerry Strickland.
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Hmmm, so they are using DOMA for this to say no, you have to stay married an miserable. I hope that DOMA case working its way up the food chain from MA, is not opposed by DoJ. What is sad, the pubbies are are crawling out of the woodwork to be advocating for teh gheyz now and PO is looking more and more like an idiot, instead of a fierce advocate. He’s being fierce alright but who is he advocating for? No need to answer, LGBT issues are one of my deals I try to be an ally for and I cannot understand what is taking so damn long to get marriage equality. What else I don’t understand, why am I reading about this here and not on the homoseckshual blogs today, other than Ameribloggay. No offense to you guys here, but I want to know why they are not talking bout this. guess I should leave Joe a message to get on it over at his blog.
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Just some off hand reasons to hate Texas…
The weather (hot, sunny, hot, hail, hot, wet, hot, sunny, hot, humid, hot)
The bugs (if it bites or stings, it lives there)
The pollen (all kinds, all year)
The highways (obviously designed by a drunk with a marker)
The drivers (honestly, learn to use a turn signal and try a little courtesy)
The food (why is there gravy or barbecue sauce on everything?)
The politics (everyone thinks G.W.Bush was a genius)
The schools (a “Texas pledge” and moment of silence every day!)
The death penalty (slower lines at the DMV)
The rednecks (diversity to them is eating Mexican Food on Wednesday)
The oversized vehicles (totally unnecessary)
The water (barely potable)
The religious zealots (megachurches and mega hair do’s)
But apart from all that, it’s fine, right.
LOL!
They do make a mean pair of boots. Always wanted me a pair of em fancy “go ta town, Saturday night dance boots”. Trouble is they can cost a couple of g’s. That and I would just look like a nerdy poser in cowboy boots.
They DO need their big vehicles to haul their big fried-beer eating obese asses around.
I wait with bated, nay, dead breath for the headline “Texas bans Texas.”
“The stars at night/ are dull and dim/ when they try to shine over Texas.” (from the “texas” episode, “Spongebob Squarepants.”
Holte, I stopped laughing when I read the post title, then read the text and laughed again. I am still not sure if this post is truth or satire… or both. A great post either way.
Truth is stranger than fiction Stella.